“I saw 'Hamilton' when it was at the Public, and I just wept profusely in my seat because this is a form I love deeply, and to watch it be reinvented in such a genius, gifted way and executed by such a brilliant company of human beings, I was overwhelmed with not just appreciation for the piece of work itself but for the possibility.”

American actor and singer

Mandel Bruce Patinkin, known as Mandy Patinkin, is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. He has worked across stage and screen, with a career that includes Broadway performances. On Broadway, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. His work is best known for connecting acting and singing across several forms of performance, especially in musical theatre.